HelloWorld.py

############################################################################## Program: GDCM (Grassroots DICOM). A DICOM library# Module: $URL$## Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Mathieu Malaterre# All rights reserved.# See Copyright.txt or http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/Copyright.html for details.## This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even# the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR# PURPOSE. See the above copyright notice for more information.#############################################################################"""Hello World !"""import gdcm
import sys
if __name__ == "__main__":
# verbosity:#gdcm.Trace.DebugOn()#gdcm.Trace.WarningOn()#gdcm.Trace.ErrorOn()# Get the filename from the command line
filename = sys.argv[1]
# Instanciate a gdcm.Reader# This is the main class to handle any type of DICOM object# You should check for gdcm.ImageReader for reading specifically DICOM Image file
r = gdcm.Reader()
r.SetFileName( filename )
# If the reader fails to read the file, we should stop !ifnot r.Read():
print"Not a valid DICOM file"
sys.exit(1)
# Get the DICOM File structure
file = r.GetFile()
# Get the DataSet part of the file
dataset = file.GetDataSet()
# Ok let's print it !print dataset
# Use StringFilter to print a particular Tag:
sf = gdcm.StringFilter()
sf.SetFile(r.GetFile())
# Check if Attribute existprint dataset.FindDataElement( gdcm.Tag(0x0028,0x0010))
# Let's print it as string pair:print sf.ToStringPair(gdcm.Tag(0x0028,0x0010))